katie laviolette (left) and ashley smith (right) each had 16 points in leading the bears to their third straight victory, defeating winona state 75-67 in winona. nakia carlisle added 15 points and seven rebounds in the win.

laviolette shot 6-9 from the field, including 2-2 from behind the arch. She also had four rebounds and four assists to lead the bears. Smith went 6-14 and 3-8 from beyond the three point line with six rebounds. amanda behnke also turned in an all-around game, scoring seven, and grabbing a team-high eight rebounds and dishing out four assists.

the bears completed a hat-trick saturday night, shooting 45.5% from the field (30-66), the free throw line (10-22) and from three point range (5-11). They held winona state to 38.9% from the field (21-54).

concordia improved to 14-3 on the season when they outrebond their opponents by outrebounding winona state 41-38. They also improved to 12-0 on the season when they commit fewer turnovers in a game by committing only seven turnovers in the game, while winona state turned the ball over 14 times.

with the win, cu improves to 14-7 (5-3 nsic) on the year and will play northern state next friday in aberdeen. The wolved earned a 61-52 win over msu moorhead in overtime friday night to improve to 16-4 (6-2 nsic).